For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...

Brant Bollman operates a cat puppet from inside during a "puppet stroll." Brant Bollman doesn’t just make puppets — he brings larger-than-life creatures to small-town Iowa. Bollman, who serves as the ...

Shadow Machine/Netflix In a career spanning more than three decades, Georgina Hayns has been making puppets that have been brought to life through the art of stop-motion animation on TV shows and ...

A three-part workshop, beginning Sunday from noon to 3 p.m., is being offered in Waller Hall to construct giant puppets that will be used during IUP's third annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ...

Samin Nosrat offers a bite to Waffles (not pictured: Waffles’s internal “esophagus” mechanism that’s connected to a doggy bag). Photo: Adam Rose/Netflix The result is something inviting for kids and ...